Nando has had a miserable world cup - he also had an indifferent Euro Nations 2 years back ( despite scoring the final winner ). He is treated in Spain as a national icon but is continually overshadowed by David Villa when playing for the national team.
Does his standing now need to be reassesed & downgraded from world class, as football pundits always laud him, to international class at best ? He is AWSOME at club level for LFC, & personally, I wouldn't care if he never played for Spain again as long as he continues to grace The Reds, but realistically can he now be considered truly world class ?
Granted, he may be suffering from lack of physical/ match fitness after his injury lay off, but if memory serves he was fine for the 2008 Euros, & he never seems to shine for his country
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Does his standing now need to be reassesed & downgraded from world class, as football pundits always laud him, to international class at best ? He is AWSOME at club level for LFC, & personally, I wouldn't care if he never played for Spain again as long as he continues to grace The Reds, but realistically can he now be considered truly world class ?
Granted, he may be suffering from lack of physical/ match fitness after his injury lay off, but if memory serves he was fine for the 2008 Euros, & he never seems to shine for his country
(H)